Sunday, May 15, 2005
Saturday, May 14, 2005
| Siuraajuk sunset # |
The sun dips below the horizon for a few hours and although it is darker out it is not quite nighttime
Friday, May 13, 2005
Thursday, May 12, 2005
| Actor Rachel Uyarasuk # |
Over 100 years old today, Rachel was twenty when the actual Rasmussen visited the Iglulik region!
Friday, May 06, 2005
Thursday, May 05, 2005
| Tikilik and Kigutikarjuk # |
Mathiessen was called "Tikilik" by Iglulingmiut because he gave out thimbles. Actors Jakob Cedergren and Catharine Alaralak
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
| Toy Family on the Qamutik # |
One of the props at the Siuraajuk set - something Inuit kids in the 1920s would have played with!
Friday, April 22, 2005
| Around Cleveland's table # |
Directors Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk with actors Abraham Ulayuruluk (Evaluarjuk), Kim Bodnia (Peter Freuchen) and Jens Jørn Spottag (Knud Rassmussen)
Thursday, April 21, 2005
| Directors and Rasmussen # |
Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk and Jens Jorn Spottag (Knud Rasmussen) outside Cleveland's trading post
| Planning the shot # |
Director Zacharias Kunuk with actors Qillaq Danielsen (Bosun) and Kim Bodnia (Peter Freuchen)
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
| Innisait above quilliq # |
Art Director Louis Uttak setting up two innisait (drying racks) above the qulliq in Aua's quarters
| Setting up the innisaq # |
Art Director Louis Uttak is positions the wooden frame above the qulliq that the innisaq (drying rack) will sit on
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Monday, April 18, 2005
| Ready for another take # |
Felix Lajeunesse holds the clapper in front of the camera and announces the next take
| Directors in position # |
Norman Cohn steadies the camera and Zacharias Kunuk is kneeling in front of the monitor
| Framing the shot # |
Directors Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn position actors Pakak Innukshuk (Aua) and Jens Jørn Spottag (Rasmussen) and imagine the camera's view
| Actors reviewing script # |
Lucy Tulugarjuk (Nuvvija) and Abraham Ulajuruluk (Evaluarjuk) looking over their lines
| Dressing the set # |
Art Director Louis Uttak and Set Dresser Leonie Qrunnut preparing Aua's mother's chamber
Sunday, April 17, 2005
| Cracking lake ice # |
At several feet deep, the ice is still strong enough to hold the many snowmobiles that pass over it
| Avvaja alcove # |
A 20-30 minute snowmobile ride outside of town, Avvaja is an area of rocky hills where Iglulingmiut go on the weekends for sledding and joy rides
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Friday, April 15, 2005
| Actors preparing qamutik # |
Actors Peter Henry Arnatsiaq (Nataq) and Tommy Uttak (Tapati) arranging the qamutik as the dog team looks on
| Aua in the blizzard scene # |
Directors Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk directing actor Pakak Innukshuk (Aua)
| Directors planning shot # |
Directors Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk talking about the blizzard scene
| Gilles and Felix # |
Production Assistant Gilles Ungalaq Avingaq Choquette and Assistant Camera Felix Lajeunesse talking about the coming day
| Richard and Felix # |
Sound Recordist Richard Lavoix and Assistant Camera Felix Lajeunesse discuss the day's call sheet
| Checking continuity # |
Cultural Adviser Paul Qulitalik and Art Director Louis Uttak are reviewing photos from yesterday's shoot to make sure props ar e in the right place
Thursday, April 14, 2005
| Roof touch-up # |
Production Assistant John Arnatsiaq is patching the new roof as Director Zacharias Kunuk look on
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Monday, April 11, 2005
| Dripping igloo # |
Directors Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn discuss how to fix the widening kagnirq (igloo breathing hole)
| Tending the qulliq # |
Between takes, set designer/dresser Susan Avingaq tends the qulliq as Neve Ingaut Uttak observes
| Advice from director # |
Director Zacharias Kunuk talking to actor Neve Ingaut Uttak (Orulu) between takes
| Reviewing Orulu's lines # |
Casting Director and Script Supervisor Lucy Tulugarjuk reviews lines with actor Neve Ingaut Uttak (Orulu)
Sunday, April 10, 2005
| Floe Edge # |
A 45-minute skidoo ride south of Igloolik, where the permanent ice shelf drops off into the Arctic Ocean...
| Town Generator # |
When you are far from the nearest powerlines, this is how you make electricity for a town of 1200 people
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Friday, April 08, 2005
| Seal fat # |
Seal fat is mashed into a pulp with a kautaq (hammer made of caribou antlers) inside a kaugarvik (stone bowl) before it can be burned in a qulliq
| Tending the qulliq # |
Neve Ingault Uttak skillfully lights and tends to one of several qulliqs in Aua's quarters
| Qulliq wick # |
Kanugujak, also know as Arctic Cotton, is carfully placed at the edge of the qulliq to form a wick
| Clearing a kagnirq # |
John Arnasiaq clears a kagnirq (breathing hole) in Aua's snow palace as Bosco Attagutarik and Neve Ingault Uttak watch on
| Arranging props in the snow palace # |
Susan Avigna is dressing the cooking area in the Aua's quarters
Thursday, April 07, 2005
| Michelline Ammaq as Shoofly # |
Touching-up the facial "tatoos", with Norman Cohn holding a vintage photo of the real Shoofly
| Selecting aliqsiks # |
Neve Ingualt Uttak, who plays Orulu in the film, is choosing aliqsiks to line her kamiks.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
| Set Location: Captain Comer's Ship # |
Directors Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn examine a box on Comer's desk
| Set Location: Captain Comer's Ship # |
Sound recordist Richard Lavoie and assistant Brian Nutarariaq get ready
| Set Location: Captain Comer's Ship # |
A device that recreates flame "flicker" - in the end the directors decided they didn't need it.
| Actors reviewing script # |
Abraham Ulayuruluk, Domonic Angutimarik, and Pauloosie Qulitalik go over the script
Monday, April 04, 2005
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